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☞ Best wishes for 2018! Winter Update, little by little.
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One of Kishin SHINOYAMA's masterpieces, Balthus reveals the very mysterious French painter Balthasar KLOSSOWSKI, aka BALTHUS, in 2 deluxe volumes, each dedicated to a place, home and refuge dear to Balthus : The Grand Chalet of Rossiniere in Switzerland and the Castle of Montecalvello in Italy. The volumes open on photographs of the interior of these fantastic dwellings — much in the fashion of Il Documento di Visconti and Mishima Yukio no Ie's —, continues with superb portraits — the second volume is mainly dedicated to Harumi, Balthus and his Japanese spouse Setsuko's daughter —, the highpoint being a sitting session with a child in the painter's atelier, beautifully rendered.

Reproduction and use obviously forbidden without the copyright owner's consent. After all, it's somebody's work: shame on those who steal it.

News in Short

As some of you have already noticed, prices (attractively revised) are displayed again (work in progress) on AJapaneseBook. Detailed book reviews for available items have also been restored: links will be found in stocklists pages.

A selection of Japanese books and myself are also to be found, within opening hours, at Chez les Libraires associés in Paris. Feel free to drop by. Please contact us beforehand if you are looking for specific books or are interested in specific artists.